Politics

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of Reverend Billy Graham at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Feb. 28, 2018. An upside-down American flag was displayed outside of Alito’s home Jan. 17, 2021, days after former President Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, The New York Times reports. It’s a symbol associated with Trump’s false claims of election fraud. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs,” Alito said in an emailed statement to the newspaper.

Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says

May 22, 2024, 4:43pm Nation & World

A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Read story

Congress aims to overhaul presidential ethics rules

May 22, 2024, 4:30pm Politics

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House as Congress makes an election-year push to curb foreign influence in American politics. Read story

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Capital gains tax receipts in Washington tumble

May 22, 2024, 2:48pm Editor's Choice Free

Capital gains tax collections in Washington have plummeted in their second year, creating potential challenges for the next governor and legislative budget writers in 2025. Read story

FILE - The indictment against former President Donald Trump is photographed on Friday, June 9, 2023. Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump are due in court Wednesday, May 22, 2024, for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier in May.

Prosecutor in Trump classified papers case calls claims of hostility toward co-defendant ‘garbage’

May 22, 2024, 1:05pm Nation & World

A lawyer for Donald Trump's personal valet accused federal prosecutors Wednesday of targeting the valet because he refused to cooperate against the former president in the classified documents case. A prosecutor called the claim “garbage.” Read story

Republican National Committee’s headquarters evacuated after vials of blood are addressed to Trump

May 22, 2024, 10:45am Nation & World

The Republican National Committee's Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addressed to former President Donald Trump following the presumptive presidential nominee's takeover of the national party apparatus. Read story

Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s pace

FILE-- Gavels and law books are shown, July 14, 2010 in San Francisco, Calif. The Senate is set to confirm the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure. That's about a month before then-President Donald Trump hit the 200 threshold. Trump still holds the edge when it comes to the most impactful confirmations — those to the U.S. Supreme Court and the country’s 13 appellate courts.

May 22, 2024, 10:26am Latest News

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his term, though Trump still holds the edge when it comes to the most impactful confirmations — those to the Supreme Court and the country's 13… Read story

Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti

First lady Jill Biden, center, greets Kenya’s President William Ruto and first lady Rachel Ruto, center right, as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, May 22, 2024, for a State Visit to the United States. (AP Photo/Luis M.

President Joe Biden is welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit as the East African nation prepares to deploy forces to Haiti as part of U.N.-led effort to try to calm a spiraling security crisis in the Caribbean country. Read story

US Rep. Mike Simpson takes early lead in GOP primary as initial election results for Idaho reported

May 22, 2024, 9:03am Northwest

Based on early returns, Republican voters in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District appear to be leaning toward handing incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson a victory in Tuesday’s Republican primary election, which would grant him a chance to defend his seat in November’s general election. Read story